AW: Inserting blank lines into a document using Markdown

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> Von: pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org <pandoc-
> discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> Im Auftrag von Thomas Byskov Dalgaard
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. Januar 2022 10:49
> An: pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org
> Betreff: Re: Inserting blank lines into a document using Markdown
> 
> Hi Bastien!
> 
> Interesting.
> 
> How did you read the source from the Word document?
> I may look into this some more. So I am interested to know how to get into
> reading docx source, then I might find out what to do about the issue I am
> having.
> Thanks
> Best regards Thomas
> 
> > Den 6. jan. 2022 kl. 09.31 skrev Bastien DUMONT
> <bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>:
> >
> > I checked the docx file (including its source code): it is perfectly normal. The
> problem may be with your displaying software.
> >
> > Le Wednesday 05 January 2022 à 10:49:35PM, Thomas Byskov Dalgaard a
> écrit :
> >> Hi Bastien!
> >>
> >> I have tried to attach the two files.
> >>
> >> Please let me know your findings here.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance
> >>
> >> Best regards Thomas
> >>
> >>
> >>> Den 5. jan. 2022 kl. 22.18 skrev Bastien DUMONT
> <bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>:
> >>>
> >>> Sorry, I just tried with pandoc 2.16.2 and it worked as expected... Maybe
> you could share you exact input and output files restricted to this minimal
> example?
> >>>
> >>> Le Wednesday 05 January 2022 à 08:49:54PM, Thomas Byskov Dalgaard a
> écrit :
> >>>> Hi Bastien!
> >>>>
> >>>> Here is the result from 2.16.2 converted from Markdown to docx:
> >>>>
> >>>> This is a paragraph. After it, a blank line will be inserted.
> >>>>
> >>> This is the following paragraph.
> >>>>
> >>>> I see a strange character there where the blank line should have ben
> inserted.
> >>>>
> >>>> I use Markdown quite extensively when using Braille, the way blind and
> visually impaired people read with their fingers.
> >>>> I have a braille display connected to my computer and therefor I can
> get nice results via Markdown, I use Pandoc for converting documents when
> I need them to look elegant.
> >>>> Yes, I could use Word, but I preer Markdown and plain text. :) Do
> >>>> you think I have found a bug here?
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards Thomas
> >>>>> Den 5. jan. 2022 kl. 14.12 skrev Bastien DUMONT
> <bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I don't get any special character in DOCX, but I still use pandoc 2.14. If
> the exact code I wrote produces one in v. 2.16.2, this may be a bug.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Don't write the backslash between two blank lines if you want only
> one blank line: this indicates a paragraph containing a line break, so you will
> end up with two blank lines in the output. Instead, write the backslash on the
> line immediately preceding the paragraph, as I showed in my example.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In what cases do you want to insert some blank space before a
> paragraph? It would probably be better achieved through styling.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Le Wednesday 05 January 2022 à 11:57:49AM, Thomas Byskov
> Dalgaard a écrit :
> >>>>>> Hi Bastien!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks for your idea.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I am a little behind on HTML 5 specs, because I mostly work in
> Markdown.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The following worked:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ~~~
> >>>>>> This is the first paragraph. After this sentence there is inserted a
> blank line before the next paragraph.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> \
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Here starts the next paragraph.
> >>>>>> ~~~
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I noticed though that this inserts a special character when I convert
> from Markdown to docx-files. It looks like the escaped linebreak does
> something unexpected.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I also noticed that If I want to insert a heading I can't get blank lines
> before this element in docx-files as well.
> >>>>>> How can I troubleshot this?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Best regards Thomas
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Den 7. nov. 2021 kl. 11.40 skrev Bastien DUMONT
> <bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> This can be achieved by escaping the first line at the begin of the
> paragraph:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> ```
> >>>>>>> This is a paragraph. After it,
> >>>>>>> a blank line will be inserted.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> \
> >>>>>>> This is the following paragraph.
> >>>>>>> ```
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> However, if your inserting of a blank line follows some general
> criteria, there could be a better way to do this than manual insertion.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Best,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Bastien
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Le Sunday 07 November 2021 à 11:29:52AM, Thomas Byskov
> Dalgaard a écrit :
> >>>>>>>> Hi!
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> When I render documents  I have written in Markdown (the
> variant Pandoc defaults to) I find that I in a few cases want to include some
> blank lines before a new paragraph.
> >>>>>>>> Is there a way to do this easily when writing in Markdown?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Thanks
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Best regards Thomas
> >>>>>>>>
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